Gee Ned, Now The Tax Truth Comes Out

I guess Ned Lamont has received a heavy dose of truth serum since he lost the Democratic guber primary. From the CT Mirror:

Lamont, whose favorite response when pressed about tax hikes during his campaign was, “we haven’t earned the right to talk about increasing taxes,” exercised that right Monday.

Lamont agreed with Griebel that some degree of tax increases would be needed to close the $3.26 billion deficit projected for next fiscal year, a gap equal to 17 percent of the current budget.

“The income tax is going to be at the table,” he said, adding not only the wealthy, but middle-income households likely would be affected. “I think if you want to get real recurring revenues, those are the type of items that have be considered.”

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